Do self referencing links have any SEO importance?

[dailynaukri]

[dailynaukri]

Thanks Darin

[dailynaukri]

Thanks

[effectdigital]

Self-referencing hyperlinks ( <a>tags) are pretty much pointless for SEO and in general</a>

<a>For specific sets of Meta links (like hreflangs or canonical tags) - self-referencing URLs are often a requirement and are part of SEO best practice</a>

[DarinPirkey]

I personally always like to think "Is this link useful" before answering a question.  If a link is the copy of a page and helps the user go to the top of the article, then it may be beneficial.  But in theory, "internal links" which in a way this is, are useful to help define site structure of a site.  A page linking to itself generally won't be useful to either the reader or the search engine.  That isn't to say that it won't provide some ranking value.  I haven't done much testing with pointing a link to the page that it's on vs a different page on the domain.  My guess, is that if it does have any factor, it's incredibly small.  The link should be useful to the reader in that it helps them find out more information in regards to what they are reading.  The link should also be useful to the search engine in that it helps define the structure of the overall website. Those are pretty much my go to rules for links on my site.  If it doesn't help, it doesn't go on my page.